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((Infobox person
| name               = Lean Alejandro
| birth_name         = Leandro Legara Alejandro
| birth_date         = July 10, 1960
| birth_place        = [[Navotas, Metro Manila|Navotas]], [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]], [[Philippines]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.sanjuancity.gov.ph/citygov/citymayor.htm|title=Mayor Joseph Victor Ejercito|publisher=City of San Juan|accessdate=January 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510121809/http://www.sanjuancity.gov.ph/citygov/citymayor.htm|archive-date=May 10, 2010|url-status=dead))</ref> <!-- It's at the last sentence of the sixth paragraph. -->
| death_date         = ((death date and age|1987|9|19|1960|7|10))
| death_place        = [[Quezon City]], Philippines
| alma_mater         = [[University of the Philippines Diliman]] (no degree)
| image              = LeanAlejandro.jpg
| caption            = Lean Alejandro (standing with a microphone) during a students' protest against Marcos
| movement           = [[People Power Revolution]]
| organizations      = Colegium Liberium<br>[[Philippine Collegian]]<br>Anti-Imperialist Youth Committee<br>Youth for Nationalism and Democracy<br>[[SAMASA]] <br>[[UP Diliman University Student Council]]<br>Center for Nationalist Studies<br>People's MIND<br>Justice for Aquino, Justice for All<br>Nationalist Alliance for Justice, Freedom and Democracy<br>[[Bagong Alyansang Makabayan|BAYAN]]
| monuments          = 
| spouse             = ((marriage|Lidy Nacpil|1986))
| children           = 1<ref>((Cite web|title=Lean was a pro-poor leader who should be emulated: Pangilinan|url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2018/0919_pangilinan1.asp|date=September 19, 2018))</ref>
| awards             = 
| footnotes          = 
))

'''Leandro "Lean" Legara Alejandro''' (July 10, 1960 &ndash; September 19, 1987) was a [[student leader]] and [[Left-wing nationalism|left-wing nationalist]] political activist in the [[Philippines]].

== Early life and education ==
Alejandro was born in 1960 in [[Navotas]], the eldest son of Rosendo Alejandro and Salvacion Legara. He studied at St. James Academy before continuing his education at the [[University of the Philippines]] (UP) in Diliman in 1978.<ref name="STP2008">((Cite book |title=Serve the people : ang kasaysayan ng radikal na kilusan sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas. |last=Lumbera |first=Bienvenido |publisher=Ibon Books |year=2008 |language=Filipino))</ref>

==University==
Alejandro began a B.Sc. Chemistry as a preparatory course to medicine, and joined the Campus Crusade for Christ during his freshman year, but he switched courses to Philippine Studies after taking classes in history and political science and discovering [[Marxism]]. He joined the university's short-lived Anti-Imperialist Youth Committee, which later became the national student umbrella organization Youth for Nationalism and Democracy (YND) on August 17, 1980. He also joined the ''[[Philippine Collegian]]'', the UP student publication, as a features writer, where he wrote articles critical of the Marcos administration. He established the Center for Nationalist Studies (CNS) in 1983.<ref>Administrator. "ALEJANDRO, Leandro “Lean” L." Bantayog Ng Mga Bayani. N.p., n.d. Web. December 6, 2016.</ref>

Alejandro held several positions in the university after leaving the Collegian. He was elected chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Student Council in 1982–83, and vice chairman and then chairman of the UP student council in 1983–84, which was dissolved three years after it was established after opposing a tuition fee raise. In 1981, he led a rally to [[Mendiola Street]], the first after martial law was lifted. The Student Council became vocal on national issues following the [[assassination of Ninoy Aquino]]. Alejandro participated in protests against the assassination, one of the largest student rallies for some time.

== Activism and imprisonment ==
Alejandro was involved in the formation of broad multi-sector organizations during the Martial Law rule of [[Ferdinand Marcos]], including "PAPA" during the visit of Pope [[John Paul II]] in 1981, and People's MIND in 1982 against Marcos's national referendum.<ref>Maramba, Asuncion (1997), Six Young Filipino Martyrs, Anvil Publishing Inc., p.21</ref> His activism began in earnest following Aquino's murder in 1983, when he joined the anti-Marcos protests and the Justice for Aquino, Justice for All (JAJA) movement. He dropped out of university to become a full-time activist, organizing the resistance against the Marcos regime. He was also part of the Movement for the Philippine Sovereignty and Democracy (KAAKBAY) led by former Senator [[José W. Diokno]], and the Nationalist Alliance for Justice, Freedom and Democracy (NAJFD) under Diokno in 1984. In 1985, the [[Bagong Alyansang Makabayan]] (BAYAN) was established, and Alejandro became its secretary-general leading the party together with retired senator [[Lorenzo M. Tañada]]. Alejandro was a prominent member of the parliament of the streets during the 1980s, alongside [[Crispin Beltran]], [[Lorenzo Tañada]], and other Filipino nationalist leaders.

On February 13, 1985, Alejandro and friend Jose Virgilio Bautista were arrested while negotiating on behalf of students marching to [[Camp Aguinaldo]], and taken to Camp Ipil detention center in [[Fort Bonifacio]]. They were held on a Preventive Detention Arrest (PDA), a Marcos decree that authorized the detention of any person for one year without charge.<ref>Maramba (1997), p.24</ref>

Life in custody was bearable for Alejandro,<ref>"Marcos, Lean Alejandro, and the Power of the Written Word." Rappler. N.p., n.d. Web. December 6, 2016.</ref> and he continued to participate in the anti-Marcos movement by correspondence. After two months, Alejandro and Bautista were released thanks to a campaign for their release from both domestic and international supporters.<ref name="maramba25">Maramba (1997), p.25</ref> After his release, Alejandro returned to the protest movement.<ref name="maramba25"/>

After the [[People Power Revolution]] of 1986, Alejandro ran for [[Congress of the Philippines|Congress]], standing unsuccessfully for the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|congressional]] seat of [[Legislative district of Malabon-Navotas|Malabon-Navotas]] against [[Tessie Aquino-Oreta]], sister-in-law of [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Corazon Aquino]].<ref>Maramba (1997), p.34</ref>

== Assassination ==

On September 19, 1987, Alejandro left a press conference at the National Press Club where he announced plans for a nationwide strike against the military's role in government, and headed to the Bayan office on Rosal Street, Cubao. During the journey, a van cut into the path of his vehicle, rolled down the driver's window, and fatally shot Alejandro in the face and neck with a single shot.

== Personal life ==
Alejandro was married to [[Lidy Nacpil]], a fellow socialist activist he had met at the university through mutual membership of the United Methodist Youth Fellowship and the [[Student Christian Movement of the Philippines]]. They were together for five years before they married in an ecumenical wedding at the [[Church of the Risen Lord|University of the Philippines Protestant Chapel]] on January 18, 1986, with around 500 guests. They had one child together named Rusan (born March 9, 1987). Nacpil later became a prominent environmental activist.<ref>((Cite web|title=Two of Philippines’ strongest climate voices physically absent from COP26|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/philippines-strongest-climate-voices-yeb-sano-lidy-nakpil-physically-absent-cop26/|date=October 27, 2021))</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:Isang Daang Taon sa Bukang-liwayway, Palma Hall, UP Diliman.png|thumb|left|Alejandro, shown at the lower right of the [[University of the Philippines|Palma Hall, UP]] mural wearing white and holding a speaker]]
[[File:BantayogWall20181115Alternativity-2000-2001-2002-2004-2005.jpg|thumb|left|Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the [[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]], showing names from the 2004 batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Lean Alejandro.]]
The Leandro L. Alejandro Foundation (LLAF) was founded after the murder in 1987, to support the peace process under president [[Fidel Ramos]], and organized in the early 1990s as a peace network, with Alejandro's widow Lidy Nacpil-Alejandro playing an active role.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/l/10884126.php|title=Leandro L. Alejandro Foundation Archives|publisher=[[International Institute of Social History]]|accessdate=January 19, 2011))</ref>

In 1997, a [[musical play]], ''Lean'', was staged to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Alejandro's assassination. The play was revised and performed again a number of times during the 2010s.

A documentary entitled ''Lean: In the Line of Fire is the Place of Honor'' was produced by Sandigan para sa Mag-aaral at Sambayanan (SAMASA) Alumni Association, the student political party under which Alejandro ran and won the chairmanship of the UP Diliman University Student Council in 1983. Alejandro's image can also be seen at the painting at the second floor lobby of [[University of the Philippines|Palma Hall, UP Diliman]].<ref>((Cite web|last=Quadra-Balibay|first=Aurora|title=UP student leader Lean Alejandro celebrated as youth hero on new docu-film|url=https://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/up-student-leader-lean-alejandro-celebrated-as-youth-hero-on-new-docu-film/|date=August 31, 2021))</ref>

==See also==
*[[University of the Philippines]]
*[[People Power Revolution]]
*[[UP Diliman University Student Council]]
*[[U.P. Naming Mahal]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/19-09.php The Killing of Lean Alejandro (9/19/1987)]
*[http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/l/10884126.php Leandro L. Alejandro Foundation] at the [[International Institute of Social History]]

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